Actress Doris Merrick Dies at Age 100
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Merrick was born in June 1919, to Joseph Simpson and Nellie Weber, and had five brothers and four sisters. She attended Hyde Park High School and worked as a singer with her sisters, before becoming a soloist at NBC, she subsequently worked as a model before signing a contract with Warner Bros. in 1941.
She was first given the name Beth Drake but changed to Doris Merrick not long after. After appearing in an uncredited role in Yankee Doodle Dandy, starring James Cagney, in 1941, she made her star film debut the following year in Girl Trouble. While a couple of her roles went uncredited she had a notable supporting role in the Laurel and Hardy comedy The Big Noise (1944).
She appeared in the magazine Yank, the Army Weekly during the WWII years and her professional acting career ended in 1955. She was married to boxer Max Marek from 1936 to 1944, before being married to rancher and lumberman John Meagher Knoll from 1946 to 1962. Merrick lived in the Golden Valley Estates Assisted Living Centre in Yuma, Arizona and was going under her married name of Doris Hatfield. Merrick turned 100 in June 2019 and died in November.
Actress
Interrupted Melody (1955)
Interrupted Melody
6.7
Nurse (uncredited)
1955
Beverly Garland and Joyce Terry in The Neanderthal Man
(1953)
The Neanderthal Man
4.4
Ruth Marshall
1953
Bill Williams in The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951)
The Adventures of Kit Carson
6.9
TV Series
Sue Banyon
Betty Denton
Lori Barker
1952
3 episodes
Death Valley Days (1952)
Death Valley Days
7.5
TV Series
Clem Barry
1952
1 episode
Mark Stevens in Big Town (1950)
Big Town
7.6
TV Series
Peggy Colter
1952
1 episode
Untamed Women (1952)
Untamed Women
3.6
Sandra
1952
Duncan Renaldo in The Cisco Kid (1950)
The Cisco Kid
7.1
TV Series
Anita Hardy
Madame Lil
1951–1952
2 episodes
Kent Taylor in Boston Blackie (1951)
Front Page Detective
6.2
TV Series
Letty Tyson
1951
1 episode
Bill Edwards in The Fighting Stallion (1950)
The Fighting Stallion
5.1
Jeanne Barton
1950
Lon Chaney Jr., Hugh Beaumont, Doris Merrick, and John
Sutton in The Counterfeiters (1948)
The Counterfeiters
5.7
Margo Talbot
1948
Warren Douglas and Lynne Roberts in The Pilgrim Lady (1947)
The Pilgrim Lady
5.7
Millicent Rankin
1947
Madge Meredith, Sharyn Moffett, and Regis Toomey in Child of
Divorce (1946)
Child of Divorce
6.5
Louise Norman
1946
Fortunio Bonanova, Judy Canova, and Ross Hunter in Hit the
Hay (1945)
Hit the Hay
6.2
Sally Mansfield
1945
Claude Rains, Charles Korvin, and Merle Oberon in This Love
of Ours (1945)
This Love of Ours
5.7
Vivian
1945
Robert Lowery, Doris Merrick, Nestor Paiva, and Eddie
Quillan in Sensation Hunters (1945)
Sensation Hunters
5.4
Julie Rogers
1945
Jeanne Crain, Frank Latimore, Mary Nash, and Eugene Pallette
in In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
In the Meantime, Darling
5.5
Mrs. MacAndrews
1944
Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, and Doris Merrick in The Big
Noise (1944)
The Big Noise
6.3
Evelyn
1944
Anthony Quinn, Trudy Marshall, Doris Merrick, Robin Raymond,
and Sheila Ryan in Ladies of Washington (1944)
Ladies of Washington
6.4
Susan
1944
Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Laird Cregar, and
Marjorie Main in Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Heaven Can Wait
7.4
Nellie Brown - Registered Nurse (uncredited)
1943
Paul Guilfoyle, Doris Merrick, and Lloyd Nolan in Time to
Kill (1942)
Time to Kill
6.4
Linda Conquest Murdock
1942
That Other Woman (1942)
That Other Woman
6.2
Irene (uncredited)
1942
Don Ameche and Joan Bennett in Girl Trouble (1942)
Girl Trouble
6.8
Susan
1942
James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
Yankee Doodle Dandy
7.6
Dancer (uncredited)
1942
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